China Copper Imports and Exports Data March 2016

	Mar.	YoY (%)	Jan.– Mar.	YoY (%)
imported
Refined Copper	458068	49.35	1110543	35.72
Origins
Chile	144714	34.02	375889	17.22
Japan	40078	27.13	77140	20.02
India	27879	13.21	69027	1.17
Australia	27723	-4.38	77831	25.98
Congo	27616	488.3	67161	307.63
Russia	22654	-	42702	430.32
Kazakhstan	22564	58.02	59221	25.46
Peru	21886	55.01	47744	85.58
Poland	18102	-0.15	48080	30.9
Belgium	16048	791.63	26847	59.33
South Korea	13831	3.72	40017	22.38
Zambia	13818	458.25	25844	126.15
Brazil	10794	40.28	26562	55.43
Mexico	9864	-	15726	344.37
Germany	7023	1641.63	7371	5.47
Myanmar	6500	572.87	6500	572.87
Spain	6000	140.01	12000	375.25
South Africa	2849	37.73	6477	31.75
Bulgarian	2613	-17	17842	88.99
Laos	2411	-3.54	5928	5.87
Uzbekistan	2193	-	2193	-
The Philippines	1716	-82.69	3111	-82.21
The United Arab Emirates	1672	116.03	3018	32.33
Iran	1000	-	1499	-
The Republic of Mozambique	952	-	952	357.18
Finland	851	237.62	851	233.25
Canada	797	-	29877	-
Mongolia	601	498.27	1602	45.39
The US	581	-87.12	632	-92.96
Brazzaville，Congo	580	15.93	1239	-60.83
Tanzania	502	-49.58	1070	-53.12
Norway	446	-61.52	3171	-43.66
Indonesia	402	-91.79	2797	-68.59
Sweden	250	-74.69	250	-74.69
Mainland China	250	-3.65	1121	-65.7


Copper Anode	67177	41.99	190788	31.77
Origins
Zambia	37556	127.53	88909	58.95
Chile	19464	22.52	67509	35.01
Congo	3090	-47.25	15379	-4
South Africa	1365	94.29	4706	122.58
The Republic of Namibia	1199	-	1199	-
Peru	1157	-	2135	608.03
Pakistan	932	207.71	3378	-16.49
Belgium	723	-	2721	-
Italy	501	-56.33	1001	-12.74
South Korea	337	47.34	844	9.67
Taiwan (China)	255	-23.64	1003	-3.19
Thailand	197	60.55	623	-19.87
Iran	159	718.02	386	-34.36

copper alloy	3761	12.22	8907	11.11
Origins
South Korea	824	-20.9	1464	-16.83
Turkey	534	138.13	1026	249.22
Japan	479	13.87	1211	-7.08
Ukraine	232	-36.2	554	-35.45
Taiwan (China)	204	50.34	398	17.92
Kazakhstan	166	1553.6	257	1207.26
Tunisia	162	-	162	306.02
The US	141	38.06	282	-40.14
Latvia	137	-	277	1.67
Lebanon	124	-59.78	449	-12.34
Russia	110	-46.15	555	-20.29

Scrap Copper	299246	4.03	741978	-5.02
Origins
Hong Kong	55514	3.03	147871	12.9
The US	51220	-0.82	124103	-9.99
Australia	38847	56.17	93574	34.19
Malaysia	22634	11.78	57614	3
Japan	20982	75.17	38432	2.15
Holland	18304	-19.32	47846	-13.94
The UK	17048	23.58	38285	-6.99
Germany	12532	-35.69	38131	-24.88
South Korea	10504	182.64	18938	113.71
Mexico	4931	0.92	12462	-1.67
Spain	4409	8.52	12895	-4.5
Canada	4344	2.21	12028	13.9
Belgium	4008	-9.91	9874	-1.62
Italy	3645	1.8	10208	-31.63
Thailand	3046	830.3	10035	433.85
France	3030	-69.8	9721	-61.16
Colombia	2243	-14.82	5103	-24.74
The Philippines	1987	-53.24	4128	-76.1
The United Arab Emirates	1772	-21.73	3913	-29.75
Chile	1490	29.27	4611	20.39
Portugal	1247	13.74	1768	-35.02
Brazil	874	98.07	2523	19.62
South Africa	862	-51.96	2182	-62.52
Lithuania	828	506.23	1601	290.98
Mainland China	799	185.78	904	164.11
Norway	722	72.54	1729	6.7
New Zealand	716	-13.52	1615	-12.38
Singapore	708	883.55	1174	51.13
Rumania	687	57.97	1559	-13.72
Sweden	605	193.23	1588	26.69
Denmark	562	-29.04	1109	-61.45
Greece	553	-15.12	1227	-38.12
Ecuador	552	-20.84	1363	-0.44
Taiwan (China)	522	-1.32	999	-4.03
Poland	437	48.27	1414	7.66
Indonesia	411	818.74	600	248.73
Pakistan	368	-35.01	1097	-30.92
The Czech Republic	353	-64.06	1096	-54.23
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico	324	3.31	782	-28.98
Bulgarian	314	14.61	786	-20.53
Hungary	308	2.27	710	-31.96
Finland	303	-62.63	1518	-28.9
Dominican Republic	302	-15.75	1071	-16.37
Georgia	258	-49.85	1093	12.22
Qatar	243	26.91	545	-26.66
Peru	232	-48.79	826	4.66
Lebanon	200	193.64	690	120.75
Israel	200	-12.62	590	-24.02
Cyprus	195	679.93	289	76.22
Macao	187	-89.4	370	-95.53
Honduras	165	-56.32	372	-40.51
Yemen	144	-	230	1169.01
Turkey	124	-22.74	566	102.35
Paraguay	110	-70.55	653	-35.05
Austria	100	-	150	-

copper concentrate	1374506	4.16	4003037	33.96
Origins:
Chile	425720	4.69	1086888	31.68
Peru	265077	18.88	995399	109.13
Mongolia	141321	36.79	393408	37.86
Mexico	124676	37.15	253964	40.25
Canada	63833	1.93	103615	-14.77
Laos	40149	292.97	79640	61.8
The US	37424	-69.09	73990	-68.83
Indonesia	33766	67.58	99666	223.98
Portugal	29449	500.35	38971	45.87
Australia	26460	-53.04	188156	4.42
Mauritania	21864	125.01	65770	47.54
Turkey	21293	122.04	52166	45.97
Brazil	21193	96	32774	52.76
Iran	19837	1957.11	90211	64.32
Armenia	12360	-0.18	64971	115.44
Kazakhstan	11597	-55.42	28245	-56.06
India	11344	-	11344	-
The Philippines	11241	-63	61855	86.27
Malaysia	10466	-	20032	7543.82
Spain	10293	-47.26	81191	316.02
Oman	10200	-8.83	20290	-37.92
Taiwan (China)	7453	-63.15	7453	-68.11
Morocco	5127	15.78	12640	112.21
North Korea	4251	40.09	8661	47.1
Dominican Republic	2039	-51.11	10033	-17.7
Ecuador	1589	-20.32	4195	25.57
Bolivia	1346	-83.85	14083	-16.36
Thailand	1020	-	3176	4475.58

Copper Semis	-	-	-	-
Including
Copper Bars, Rods and Profiles	5852	-1.55	14764	-4.18
Copper Wires	11244	-21.54	31709	-12.29
Copper Plates, Sheets, and Strips	10558	-0.17	25217	-9.36
Copper Foils	15872	-9.77	46886	-4.58
Copper Pipes and Tubes (Including Accessories)	1563	10.73	4176	6.27
Copper Stranded Wires, Cables	1469	34.12	4260	46.6

Exports:
Refined Copper	23375	32.83	43124	-25.36
Destination
Singapore	10690	21575.91	10690	170.83
Malaysia	3016	-18.23	7682	-51.27
Taiwan (China)	2891	-47.99	10110	-21.34
South Korea	2038	36.02	2038	-56.33
Indonesia	1597	432.18	3398	239.91
Vietnam	1351	-30.76	4156	-59.68
Thailand	1293	-18.57	2691	-28.95
Pakistan	200	95.94	1298	159.12
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka	150	-	450	200.64
Saudi Arabia	100	-	100	-

Copper Anode	900	-28.47	2647	-41.9
Destination
Hong Kong	900	-	2647	-

copper alloy	2	-90.56	3	-90.52
Destination
Taiwan (China)	1	-	1	900
Hong Kong	1	-	1	-

Scrap Copper	7	-38.53	39	21.29
Destination
South Korea	7	4.3	7	-55.23

copper concentrate	26	-	964	-90.66
Destination
Italy	26	-	26	-

Copper Semis	-	-	-	-
Including
Copper Bars, Rods and Profiles	567	-22.31	1414	-38.3
Copper Wires	3479	23.13	8454	0.35
Copper Plates, Sheets, and Strips	2654	10.48	7024	-4.65
Copper Foils	11186	-7.97	29106	-15.94
Copper Pipes and Tubes (Including Accessories)	21205	12.32	60156	-7.36
Copper Stranded Wires, Cables	179	-10.21	421	-58.39
Note: “-” means data is unavailable.
(Source: China Customs)
(Edited by SMM)